{"id":738,"date":"2014-12-14T09:44:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T17:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/?p=738"},"modified":"2014-12-14T09:44:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T17:44:22","slug":"iowa-wants-to-take-your-drivers-license-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=738","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Wants to Take Your Driver\u2019s License Digital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/McLovin-630x366.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-739\" src=\"http:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/McLovin-630x366.jpg\" alt=\"McLovin-630x366\" width=\"630\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beginning next year, Iowa\u2019s Department of Transportation will issue an official app that can store a driver\u2019s license and ID. In an era where we\u2019re slowly edging toward a wallet-free future, this is pretty big news. But don\u2019t expect it to completely replace your ID for good.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Not everyone owns a smartphone, so the new system will merely be meant to supplement your physical card. Iowa\u2019s DOT director, Paul Trombino, explained that the \u201cidentity vault app\u201d would be secured with a PIN for security, which means if your phone is lost or stolen thieves won\u2019t (in theory) have easy access to your information. Trombino noted that once the app launches, it could also help complement the electronic proof of insurance that Iowa (and over 30 states) already supports.<\/p>\n<p>Once the initiative gets off the ground, Iowa law enforcement will accept the digital version of your ID during traffic stops and even at airports. If done right, Trombino sees the idea also being implemented by other states, so Iowa is essentially at the forefront a pilot program that\u2019ll determine whether or not replacing your physical ID card is actually viable.<\/p>\n<p>As people get accustomed to the idea of replacing physical objects with digital representations, perhaps an idea like this could work. Making payments with your phone is no longer a foreign concept and, who knows, maybe you\u2019ll even be able to use your phone when you get carded at the club.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sourcevia-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sourcevia fCaps fLS0\"><span class=\"label fLS1\">SOURCE<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2014\/12\/08\/iowa-digital-smartphone-drivers-license\/20114979\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DESMOINESREGISTER<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"sourcevia fCaps fLS0\"><span class=\"label fLS1\">VIA<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/iowa-is-going-to-let-you-use-a-smartphone-as-your-drive-1669796842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GIZMODO<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning next year, Iowa\u2019s Department of Transportation will issue an official app that can store a driver\u2019s license and ID. In an era where we\u2019re slowly edging toward a wallet-free future, this is pretty big news. But don\u2019t expect it to completely replace your ID for good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}